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Fox Interactive Media Appoints Charles BarrettSenior Vice President of Sales for IGN Entertainment

Online Entertainment Sales Vet to Lead Efforts for theWeb's Top Gaming and Entertainment Network

Los Angeles, CA, August 6, 2007 - Fox Interactive Media (FIM) today announced the appointment of Charlie Barrett to the position of senior vice president sales for IGN Entertainment. In his new role, Charlie Barrett will serve as head of sales for IGN Entertainment, the Web's leading network of gaming and entertainment sites, which includes IGN.com, GameSpy, Direct2Drive, RottenTomatoes and AskMen, among others.

Michael Barrett (not related to Charlie), chief revenue officer of FIM said: "We couldn't be more pleased to have Charlie on board. His experience and expertise in the gaming and entertainment worlds will be invaluable assets as we continue to grow all the gaming and entertainment brands within the IGN network of sites."

Charlie Barrett joins FIM with an impressive background in interactive marketing and advertising sales at some of the world's leading Internet brands. Most recently, he served as vice president of sales for CNET Networks, where he created and managed successful advertising and marketing solutions for properties such as Gamespot.com, TV.com and Webshots.com. Prior to CNet, Barrett served in executive sales roles at AOL, Yahoo! and GeoCities.

"I have long admired Fox Interactive Media as a driving force in redefining the next generation of online media experiences for consumers and advertisers," said Charlie Barrett. "IGN has an incredible line up of tier one media properties reaching the sweet spot male 18-34 demographic, and I am thrilled to bring a fresh perspective on creative solutions and marketing partnerships to IGN Entertainment."

About IGN Entertainment:

IGN Entertainment, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, Inc., is a leading Internet media and services provider focused on the videogame and entertainment enthusiast markets. Collectively, IGN's properties reached more than 30 million unique users worldwide in the month of May 2007, according to Internet audience measurement firm comScore Media Metrix. IGN's network of videogame-related properties (IGN.com, GameSpy, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, Direct2Drive and others), is the Web's number one videogame information destination and attracts one of the largest concentrated audiences of young males on the Internet. IGN also owns and operates the popular movie-related website, Rotten Tomatoes and one of the leading male lifestyle Websites, AskMen.com. In addition, IGN provides technology for online game play in videogames. IGN is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, with offices throughout the U.S. and in Montreal.

About Fox Interactive Media:

A division of News Corp. (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A), Fox Interactive Media (FIM) is a portfolio of leading social networking, entertainment, sports and information sites that offer a platform and tools to express themselves, communicate with each other, and engage with media. The company's worldwide network includes such category leaders as MySpace, Photobucket, IGN Entertainment, FOXSports.com, RottenTomatoes, AskMen, Flektor and more that together comprise one of the largest audiences on the Web.

*comScore VideoMetrix, May 2007

**Among the top 2000 domains comScore Media Metrix, June 2007. For more information on comScore Networks, please go to http://www.comscore.com.

Contacts:

Alison Kurtz

310-969-7876

Alison.Kurtz@fox.com

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